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SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 28, 2013
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | SCHEDULE II SUBURBAN PROPANE PARTNERS, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS (in thousands)
|  | Balance at |  |  | Charged |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Balance |
|  | Beginning |  |  | (credited) to Costs |  |  | Other |  |  |  |  |  | at End |
|  | of Period |  |  | and Expenses |  |  | Additions |  |  | Deductions (a) |  |  | of Period |
Year Ended September 24, 2011 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 5,403 |  |  | $ | 5,598 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (4,041 | ) |  | $ | 6,960 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 40,656 |  |  |  | (454 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 40,202 |
Year Ended September 29, 2012 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 6,960 |  |  | $ | 838 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (3,451 | ) |  | $ | 4,347 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 40,202 |  |  |  | (3,567 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 36,635 |
Year Ended September 28, 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts |  | $ | 4,347 |  |  | $ | 6,717 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (4,278 | ) |  | $ | 6,786 |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  | 36,635 |  |  |  | 9,771 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 46,406 |
(a) | Represents amounts that did not impact earnings.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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